Alertus Solutions for Colleges & Universities
Colleges and universities face unique communication challenges, including large, unconnected buildings with hundreds—sometimes thousands—of students and faculty spread throughout.
Alertus has worked with colleges and universities across North America for nearly two decades to achieve comprehensive emergency notification coverage. We leverage all available notification modalities to reach everyone campus-wide—inside, outside, and even off-property—with consistent and timely notifications.
Customers We Serve
Emergency Mass Notification on Campus
Colleges and universities must equip campus safety officials with innovative and autonomous solutions that immediately reach students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Audible-visual notification is critical for higher education institutions as it reinforces personal communication, like text and email, and alerts a vast community of emergencies or general announcements.
Alert Beacon®
An attention-grabbing, wall-mounted device that offers audible and visual emergency communications while helping campuses meet mass notification codes and mandates.
Alertus Desktop™ Notification
Reach all or select campus community members in the event of an emergency with impossible-to-miss full-screen notification alerting.
IP Speaker
Easily retrofit indoor spaces lacking traditional PA systems, like residence halls, with impactful audible alerting.
High Power Speaker Array (HPSA)
Deploy giant voice for emergency notifications campus-wide or special event announcements, including athletics and graduations.
Mobile High Power Speaker Array (MHPSA)
Ideal for sports fields or other broad areas on campus, the MHPSA provides siren tones and crystal-clear voice messaging capability on a mobile trailer.
Meeting Codes And Mandates
Alertus’ unified facility notification system is compliant with many mass notification codes and mandates applicable to higher education institutions, including:
Clery Act
The Clery Act requires educational institutions to provide timely warnings when emergencies threaten faculty, staff, or student safety. Institutions must also publish their policies regarding timely warnings in their Annual Campus Security Report.
AlertAware® Mobile App
Send notifications to cell phones and get fast, geo-tagged incident reports to emergency personnel.
IP Speaker
Cost-efficiently retrofit indoor areas lacking traditional PA systems, such as libraries and dorms, to disseminate clear, impactful audible alerts.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Alertus leads the industry in offering innovative, emergency notification assistive technologies serving individuals with disabilities, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our audible-visual products are designed with modularity in mind, allowing your campus to customize its Alertus System to meet your unique needs
Digital Signage Override
Transform LCD Screens, cable TVs, and digital media systems into intelligent emergency alerting appliances and support the playback of alert tones and voice messages on systems with audio output capabilities.
Implementing a Unified Solution
Whether you need to reach a select group of students, a small group of faculty, or thousands of people within a vicinity, Alertus can help.
Featured Campus Solutions
Additional Resources
[Watch]: Protecting Your Campus from Active Shooters
Active shooters are one of the biggest threats campuses face. Alertus is here to help with our cutting-edge line of mass notification products.
[Blog]: Speakers for Emergency Alerting: Three Things Every College and University Should Consider
Explore Alertus’ IP speaker solution designed to help colleges and universities automate widespread, instant alerting to high-traffic areas in an emergency.
[Case Study]: Gallaudet University Leads to Ensure ADA Accessibility at their Campuses
When Gallaudet University—the world’s first and only higher education institution for the deaf and hard of hearing—sought out a system capable of meeting its unique challenges for emergency notification, the Alertus solution was a perfect fit.